Rocking carriage



N. CHAPDELAINE.

ROCKING CARRIAGE. APPLICATION FILED DEC-9,1942% 1,404,834. Patented Jan.31,1922.

NORIBEBT CHAPDELAINE, OF IVIONTREAL, QUEBEC, CAN ASEIG-NGR 17G fiLLAN ANGUS 'IVIAG'EE, F TECNTREAL, QUEBEC, GiiNElDA.

ROCKING CARRIAGE.

recesses To 0:7Z Hf/7 0771, it may concern:

Be it known that l, Nonnnnr CHAPDE- LAIXE, a subject of the King of Great Brite ain, and residinoat 740 Papineau Avenue, in the city and ldistrict of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and useful Flocking Carriage, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to rocking carriage, described in the present specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists essentially in the novel application of the eccentric principle in wheeling a vehicle, particularly for carry mg a young child. 1

The objects of the invention are to impart a regular and pleasant motion to the body of the vehicle for the greater enjoyment of the childs outing; to contrive by mechanical means an additional movement to the vehicle, that will not require extra muscular eii'ort to produce; to aliord health y 0 view of the cart.

Figmre 2 i a longitudinal sectional view a. 4., J. through the body and toot rest.

hugurc 3 is a front elevation ot the car 5 the said sides 1 and 2 to the inner walls bchind the back l.

The truck is formed of the foot rest 6 having the additional toe stop 7, said rest 6 be ing secured to the rails 8, which reach from the rear axle S) to the front axle 10 and are secured thereto.

The rear wheels 11 are rotatively mounted on the rear axle 9 and the front wheels 12 rotate the axle 10.

The body formed of the sides 1 and 2, seat children an added zestto the trip, which Specification of Letters Patent. Pggfi eij 'lqefl Jan. 331 12322 Application filed December 9, 1920. Serial No.429t2fi.

3 and back i, is joined to the truck formed of the :toot rest 6, rails 8 and running gear, by the fixed hind legs 13 prefe 'ably cut out of a board like the sides 1 and 2, and fixedly secured to said sides by the screws 1e and at their lower ends mounted on the fixed axle 9, and also for the forelegs 15 preferably rut out of a board and at their upper ends pivota-lly secured to the sides by the pivot pins 16 and to the front wheels 12 by the screw pivotslZ, the latter being screwed into the wheels in corresponding radial lines intermediate oi the distance between the axle 10 and tire 18.

The tires 18 are mounted. in an annular groove 19 in each wheel 9 and are preferably made of lengths of rubber tubing having a piece of twisted wireQO therethrough to tie them in the bed ofthe groove and similarly a like tire 21 is stuck into an annular groove in each oi the rear wheels 11. The tubular tires are slightly parted at the ends for the natural ingress and egress of air.

The hand rail 22 connects the sides 1 and 2 in front of the seats and in operation the child sits holding the hand rail or is strapped in the seat and the cart is Wheeled by the nurse, which has the eiiect of lifting thebody upwardly and dropping it downwardly at each revolution of the front wheels, for the front legs being pivotally secured to the wheels ed the centre, the truck keeps on a steady course while the body is constantly rising and falling thereby imparting apleasant and healthful motion to the vehicle under running conditions.

l l hat It claim is:

1. In a rocking carriage, a body formed of seat and sides, a truck formed of running gear and frame and legs forming supports from the body and so a 'tached to the wheels as to impart a rocking and impelling move ment to the carriage in a swinging arcual motion with the rear axle as the centre.

2. in a rocking carriage, a body formed of seat and sides, a truck formed of foot rest and frame supported by front and rear wheels in pairs, hind legs fixedly secured to the sides and mounted on the axle of the rear wheels and forelegs pivotally secured to said sides and to said front wheels oil? the centre. 7

3. A rocking carriage comprising a body formed of plates or boards supported and held apart rigidly by a seat and seat back 7g i M04534 and having rigid hind legs and. pivoted fore hack and hand rail, longitudinal rails, a foot legs, a truck supporting said body and hevrest having a toe piece secured to the said ing frontand rear Wheels and its central rails, running gear mounted in said rails rear axle mounted in said hind legs and its and means securing said running gear to central front axle mounted in the truck, pins said body adapted to rock the latter in travpivotally securing said front legs to the elling.

front Wheels off centre and a foot rest se- Signed at Montreal, Quebec, Canadmthis cured to the front end of the truck. fourth day of December, 1920.-

l. A rocking carriage comprising a body 10' having board or plate sides spaced by seat, NORBERT CHAPDELAINE. 

